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What Will Happen on Our Beach Board?
Use a beach model to predict how changes in water, light, food, and shelter affect beach grass and a rabbit.
KindergartenScienceInteractive · Printable
Aligned toK-ESS3-1
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What’s included
- Single worksheet
- Auto-graded online
- 1 NGSS standard
- Printable answer key
- 10 questions
- Classroom-ready
Details
- Format
- Interactive · Printable
- Grade
- Kindergarten
- Subject
- Science
- Question types
- Multiple choice, Matching, Circle the answer, Sorting, Short answer, Drawing
About this worksheet
What students practice
- Students use a beach model to connect plant and animal needs to places they could live.
- Students predict which needs will be unmet when a model habitat changes.
- Students draw a model with resources for both a plant and an animal.
How to use
Read the cards, model notes, and questions aloud. Children can point to answers and explain predictions orally. Record their explanation before they draw a new model.
Curriculum
NGSS standard covered
Use a model to show how what plants and animals need is related to where they live.
Preview
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What Will Happen on Our Beach Board?
Use a model to predict how changes affect living things.

Explore the Beach Board
Listen to the need cards and model notes. Use them to choose your answers.
A Pretend Beach
Our class makes a beach model on a board. It shows sandy land above the tide pools, where waves do not reach. We use paper pieces for beach grass and a rabbit. Blue paper stands for fresh water. We will change parts of the model and predict what happens. We do not move real plants or animals.
Beach grass need cardAir, daylight, fresh water, and sand to hold its roots.
Rabbit need cardAir, fresh water to drink, clover leaves for food, and a covered place to rest.
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